This is a great
honor for me. I very much appreciate the results of this review and the
magazine for posting it!

What
they said about theSheppard
Grand Auditorium:

"...Beautiful
aesthetics do not always translate into an equivalent quality of tone, in my
experience, but the Sheppard did not disappoint in this respect...one is
immediately struck by how light this guitar is, and just how comfortable it
is to play… I found the guitar so easy to play that
at one point I checked the scale length to make sure it actually was the the
25.4” recorded in the specification.

…the low mids add
warmth to the sound, and the trebles sing out with a delightful combination
both strength and sweetness. There’s no shortage of volume from this
instrument, but it’s capable of great subtlety, too, and I can only
describe it as very much
a player’s instrument. I found it inspiring to play, as it responded so
well to playing dynamics, and captured perfectly the nuances of expression
in the player’s touch...It’s been my
privilege to play some truly wonderful instruments during the time I’ve
been writing for Acoustic, and this Sheppard Grand Auditorium is
right up there with the best of them."